# What happened on February 22 in history?

**Date:** February 22  
**Events recorded:** 55  
**Years spanned:** 896 – 2022  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/february/22/

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## Featured Event

**2011** — Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Bahraini_uprising)

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## Events on this date

- **896** — Pope Formosus crowns Arnulf of Carinthia as Emperor in Rome. Arnulf suffers a stroke soon after and retreats from Italy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Formosus))
- **1076** — Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_VII))
- **1288** — The Franciscan Girolamo Maschi is elected pope, choosing the name Nicholas IV. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscans))
- **1316** — The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut, ends in victory for Ferdinand. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Picotin))
- **1371** — Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II_of_Scotland))
- **1495** — King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_VIII_of_France))
- **1632** — Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinando_II_de'_Medici))
- **1651** — St. Peter's Flood: A storm surge floods the Frisian coast, drowning 15,000 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter's_flood))
- **1744** — War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession))
- **1770** — British customs officer Ebenezer Richardson fires blindly into a crowd during a protest in North End, Boston, fatally wounding 11-year-old Christopher Seider; the first American fatality of the American Revolution. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_End%2C_Boston))
- **1797** — The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fishguard))
- **1819** — By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams%E2%80%93On%C3%ADs_Treaty))
- **1847** — Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War))
- **1848** — The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution_of_1848))
- **1856** — The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)))
- **1862** — American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War))
- **1872** — The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_Party))
- **1879** — In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utica%2C_New_York))
- **1881** — Cleopatra's Needle, a 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk is erected in Central Park, New York. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra's_Needle_(New_York_City)))
- **1889** — President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States))
- **1899** — Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Revolutionary_Army))
- **1904** — The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Orkney_Islands))
- **1909** — The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship))
- **1921** — After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.[citation needed] ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_von_Ungern-Sternberg))
- **1942** — World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1943** — World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose))
- **1943** — Yankee Clipper crashes while landing on the Tagus in Lisbon, killing 24. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Clipper_(flying_boat)))
- **1944** — World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Nijmegen))
- **1944** — World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army))
- **1946** — The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Article))
- **1957** — Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem))
- **1958** — Following a plebiscite in both countries the previous day, Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt))
- **1959** — Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Petty))
- **1972** — The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Irish_Republican_Army))
- **1973** — Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War))
- **1974** — The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation))
- **1974** — Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but commits suicide after being wounded by police. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Byck))
- **1979** — Saint Lucia gains independence from the United Kingdom. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucia))
- **1980** — Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice))
- **1983** — The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre))
- **1986** — Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power_Revolution))
- **1994** — Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldrich_Ames))
- **1995** — The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CORONA_(satellite)))
- **1997** — In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roslin%2C_Midlothian))
- **2002** — Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola))
- **2005** — The 6.4 Mw Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Zarand_earthquake))
- **2006** — At approximately 6:44 a.m.  local Iraqi time, explosions occurred at the al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq. The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, caused the escalation of sectarian tensions in Iraq into a full-scale civil war. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B03%3A00))
- **2006** — The Securitas depot robbery was the UK's largest heist. Almost £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) was stolen from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securitas_depot_robbery))
- **2011** — New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake, the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, kills 185 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Christchurch_earthquake))
- **2011** — Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Bahraini_uprising))
- **2012** — A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Buenos_Aires_rail_disaster))
- **2014** — President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych))
- **2015** — A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_ML_Mostofa-3))
- **2018** — A man throws a grenade at the U.S. embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro. He dies at the scene from a second explosion, with no one else hurt. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_embassy_attack_in_Podgorica))
- **2022** — Twosday, the name given to Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:22:22, occurs. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twosday))

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## Notable births on February 22

- **1999** — **Harry Brook** — English cricketer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Brook))
- **1997** — **Jerome Robinson** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Robinson))
- **1997** — **Ilya Samsonov** — Russian ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Samsonov))
- **1996** — **Kia Nurse** — Canadian basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Nurse))
- **1995** — **Devonte' Graham** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonte'_Graham))
- **1994** — **Nam Joo-hyuk** — South Korean model and actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam_Joo-hyuk))
- **1994** — **Elfrid Payton** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfrid_Payton))
- **1992** — **Dixon Machado** — Venezuelan baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixon_Machado))
- **1991** — **Khalil Mack** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalil_Mack))
- **1989** — **Franco Vázquez** — Argentine footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_V%C3%A1zquez))

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## Notable deaths on February 22

- **2026** — **Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (born 1966)** ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Mencho))
- **2024** — **John Lowe** — English musician, pianist for The Quarrymen (born 1942) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lowe_(musician)))
- **2021** — **Lawrence Ferlinghetti** — American poet, painter (born 1919) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Ferlinghetti))
- **2019** — **Brody Stevens** — American comedian and actor (born 1970) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brody_Stevens))
- **2019** — **Morgan Woodward** — American actor (born 1925) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Woodward))
- **2015** — **Chris Rainbow** — Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (born 1946) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rainbow))
- **2014** — **Charlotte Dawson** — New Zealand–Australian television host (born 1966) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Dawson))
- **2014** — **Trebor Jay Tichenor** — American pianist and composer (born 1940) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebor_Jay_Tichenor))
- **2014** — **Leo Vroman** — Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (born 1915) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Vroman))
- **2013** — **Atje Keulen-Deelstra** — Dutch speed skater (born 1938) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atje_Keulen-Deelstra))

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